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Fatah-Hamas reconciliation
Hamas's new deputy leader Salah al-Arouri (seated, left) and Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad (seated, right) sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017, as the two rival Palestinian movements work to end their decade-long split following negotiations overseen by Egypt. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
April 17, 2018, 6:36 am
Egypt invites Hamas leaders for talks on Gaza protests, reconciliation
Cairo pressuring terror group to stop weekly disturbances along Israeli border as part of wider efforts to help implement unity deal with Fatah
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinian men wave their national flags as smoke billows from tires burned by Gazans at the Israel-Gaza border during a protest, east of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip, on April 6, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
April 10, 2018, 11:39 pm
Fatah: Hamas using Gaza protests to score political points
PA's ruling party plans pro-Abbas rallies in the West Bank in bid to steal spotlight from its rival
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Illustrative: Palestinian Hamas employees waiting in line to pick up their salaries at a post office in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, on March 12, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Hatem Moussa)
April 10, 2018, 8:28 pm
PA says non-payment of its Gaza staff a ‘technical’ issue
Delay sparked concerns PA President Abbas was cutting salaries to increase pressure on Hamas, amid faltering reconciliation
By AFP
Dr. Mahmoud Habbash, Supreme Sharia Judge in the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s adviser on religious and Islamic affairs. (Courtesy)
April 8, 2018, 8:09 pm
Abbas adviser: Hamas is ‘sending Gazans to their deaths for good headlines’
PA cleric Mahmoud al-Habbash accuses Gazan terror group of 'trading in suffering and blood,' says it 'no longer fools' Palestinian people
By Sue Surkes
File: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 18, 2017. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)
April 3, 2018, 10:14 pm
Abbas meets with Egyptian intel chief on reconciliation with Hamas
Cairo is reportedly pressuring PA not to impose new sanctions on Gaza over bombing of Hamdallah convoy
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Illustrative image of Hamas security forces standing guard at the Erez border crossing into Israel, in Beit Hanun, in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2017. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
March 27, 2018, 12:24 am
UN concerned by new Hamas checks on Israel-Gaza border
Terror group says new checkpoint at Erez crossing only 'temporary,' part of manhunt for suspects behind attack on Palestinian Authority PM
By AFP and TOI staff
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas during their meeting, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 26, 2018.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
March 26, 2018, 9:53 pm
German FM urges Palestinians ‘not to tear down bridges’
On Israel and West Bank visit, Heiko Mass says peace talks without the US 'would be difficult'; acknowledges differences with Israel, Trump on Iran deal
By AP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas attends a meeting with the Revolutionary Council of the ruling Fatah party on March 1, 2018, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
March 24, 2018, 5:38 pm
Pro-Abbas Palestinians launch support campaign
Online effort seeks to voice backing for PA leader in his standoff with the US administration and Hamas
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a press conference with the French president, following a meeting at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on December 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Francois Mori)
March 20, 2018, 2:16 am
Burning all bridges, Abbas sets himself up for complete isolation
PA chief thinks Palestinians have nothing to lose in confrontation with a US administration that, he feels, has endorsed Israel's positions. But it's not only the US he's taking on
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas sits in front of a picture of the Dome of the Rock mosque in Jerusalem's Old City during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 19, 2018. (FLASH90)
March 19, 2018, 8:54 pm
Fuming at US, Abbas calls ambassador a ‘son of a dog, settler’
Friedman shoots back that PA president's unprecedented attack could be a form of anti-Semitism
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A convoy of IDF tanks park at a deployment area near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 17, 2018, 9:15 pm
Liberman: Abbas trying to force Hamas into conflict with Israel
Defense minister says PA leader plans to cut off all aid and payments to Gaza Strip, which is facing a humanitarian crisis
By TOI staff
Hamas personnel inspect the site of an explosion that occurred as the convoy of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah entered Gaza through the Erez crossing with Israel, on the main road in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, on March 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
March 16, 2018, 11:49 pm
Abbas aide threatens to punish Hamas amid fallout from Gaza attack
PA, Hamas continue to trade accusations over bombing of PA prime minister's convoy. 'What happened will not pass without a response,' Ramallah official says
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Members of the Hamas security forces inspect the crater left at the site of an explosion that targeted the convoy of the Palestinian Prime Minister during his visit to the Gaza strip, near the Erez crossing, on March 13, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
March 16, 2018, 10:37 am
Something is rotten in the terrorist kingdom of Hamas
Bomb attacks against PA prime minister and IDF troops in areas under full control of terror group point to someone on the inside trying to undermine the organization's strategy
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (2nd-R), escorted by his bodyguards, is greeted by police forces of the Hamas terror group (L) upon his arrival in Gaza City on March 13, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
March 13, 2018, 11:19 pm
Abbas condemns ‘murderous terror attack’ on PA convoy
Palestinian leader accuses Hamas of trying to assassinate Prime Minister Hamdallah in order to break away and form own 'suspicious' Gaza state
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Members of the Hamas security forces inspect the crater left at the site of an explosion that targeted the convoy of the Palestinian Prime Minister during his visit to the Gaza strip on March 13, 2018. (AFP/ MAHMUD HAMS)
March 13, 2018, 9:40 pm
Blast targeting Hamdallah blows Palestinian rift wide open
Some see the assassination attempt as a nail in the coffin of the unity bid, as a war of words erupts between Hamas and the PA
By Khaled Abu Toameh
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